1. ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE SITUATION REPORT June 30, 2009

2. Employment Security Commission: Dr. Betty McGrath, Director, Labor Market Information Division Nelse Grundvig, Manager, Labor Market and Occupational Research Other Labor Market Information Division staff Rural Center: Anne Bacon, Senior Director for Workforce Development R.V. Rikard, Senior Associate for Research Research Team

3. North Carolina Rural Counties Definition of rural… Source: U.S. Census Bureau

4. What is the employment and unemployment situation?

5. Employment N.C. Non-agricultural Employment Annual Average 2000-2008 Source: ESC (CES) Note: Y Axis set to 3,700 Thousand

6. N.C. Non-agricultural Employment Seasonally Adjusted Jan. 2008 - May 2009 Source: ESC (CES) Note: Y Axis set to 3700 Employment

7. N.C. Unemployment Annual Average 2000-2008 Source: ESC (LAUS) Unemployment

8. N.C. Unemployment Jan. 2008 - May 2009 – Seasonally Adjusted Source: ESC (LAUS) Unemployment

9. Highest State Unemployment Rates Seasonally Adjusted - May 2009 U.S. Unemployment Rate: 9.4% Source: ESC (BLS) Unemployment Rank State Rate 1 Michigan 14.1 2 Oregon 12.4 3/4 South Carolina 12.1 3/4 Rhode Island 12.1 5 California 11.5 6 Nevada 11.3 7 North Carolina 11.1 8 Ohio 10.8 9/10 Tennessee 10.7 9/10 District of Columbia 10.7

10. Unemployment Unemployment Rates Seasonally Unadjusted May 2009 Source: ESC

11. Rural/Urban Unemployment Rates 2000-2008 Unemployment Source: ESC (LAUS)

12. Rural/Urban Unemployment Rates January 2008 - May 2009 Unemployment Source: ESC (LAUS)

13. People Receiving Food Stamps in N.C. April 2007- April 2009 Source: NC Division of Social Services Impact

14. Number of Foreclosures January 2008 – May 2009 Source: N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts Impact

15. What do we know about people filing for unemployment insurance?

16. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance January 2008 - May 2009 Source: ESC Unemployment Insurance

17. Continued Weeks for Unemployment Insurance January 2008 – May 2009 Source: ESC Unemployment Insurance

18. Individuals Exhausting “Regular” Unemployment Insurance January 1990 – May 2009 Source: ESC Unemployment Insurance

20. Geography of Dislocated Workers January 2009 - May 2009 Source: ESC Dislocated Workers

21. Sex of Dislocated Workers January 2009 - May 2009 Source: ESC Dislocated Workers

22. Age of Dislocated Workers January 2009 - May 2009 Source: ESC Dislocated Workers

23. Race/Ethnicity of Dislocated Workers January 2009 - May 2009 Source: ESC Dislocated Workers

26. Government as Percent of Total Employment 2000 – 2008 Source: ESC (CES) Dislocated Workers

27. Previous recovery was slow, didn’t reach all

28. North Carolina Nonfarm Employment January 1990 – May 2009 Recovery Challenges Source: ESC (CES )

29. Recovery Challenges North Carolina Manufacturing Employment January 1990 – May 2009 Source: ESC (CES )

30. Poverty 2000 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Recovery Challenges

31. Poverty 2007 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Recovery Challenges